Events

Women in Business - Session 2

 

Strategic Networks

When and Where

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 8:15 AM - 11:00 AMC.B. Richard Ellis
750 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Series Registration: Ensure your spot for the entire series!
$449 – Member Rate; $649 – Non-Member Rate

Session Rate:
$125 – Member Rate; $175 – Non-Member Rate

Online registration is now closed.

What’s it about

It’s about who you know. And, the connections that follow. This session will feature speaker, author and business executive, Maribeth Kuzmeski, President of RedZone Marketing, LLC, and author of best-selling book, The Connectors, to provide strategic tips for building relationships, listening well and expanding your network. Enhance your leadership by engaging with peers and learning to harness the many spheres of relationships you possess within your personal and professional communities. Also, hear from a panel of leading women executives on best practices for nurturing and maximizing key connections.

Participants will receive a copy of Maribeth Kuzmeski's book, The Connectors.
 
Session Highlights:
  • Tools for building relationships and leveraging existing relationships to strengthen and expand your network
  • Techniques for "curious listening"
  • Peer-level breakout discussions
Panelists:
  • Candy Duncan, Managing Partner, KPMG LLP
  • Susan Lacz, Principal, Ridgewells
  • Jaime Park, Washington Publisher, SmartCEO Magazine
 
Series Overview:

Greater Washington has more female executives per capita and the highest labor force participation rate among women than any other US metropolitan area. Over five dynamic sessions, this tailored series will offer opportunities to engage in peer-level dialogue, to build strategic relationships, to hear from key leaders and to explore trends and issues most impacting executives today’s market. Each session will include an interactive content session, break-out discussions and a C-level panel of female executives from Greater Washington’s business community.
 

Mark Your Calendar!  2010 Session Dates

  • Tuesday, April 27 -- Effective Communication and Presentation
    Susan Peterson, President, The Communication Center 
  • Tuesday, May 25 --Strategic Networks
    Maribeth Kuzmeski, President, RedZone Marketing, LLC, and author, The Connectors
  • Tuesday, June 22 -- Executive Presence
    Nancy McCarthy, President, DC Rainmakers, LLC 
  • Thursday, July 22 -- Board Engagement
    Nancy Axelrod, Governance Consultant, Non-Profit Leadership Services (invited)
  • Tuesday, September 28 -- Successful Negotiation
    Marianne Eby, CEO, Watershed Associates  

 

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